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| Chapter i.—Foreword—Islâm, its meaning—Its Cardinal
Principle—Belief in a Future Life—Conception
of Evolution—Moral Responsibility—The
Ethical Code of Islâm—Toleration—Position of
Women—Bondsmen and Bondswomen—Intellectualism, | [1-34] |
| Chapter ii.—Mohammed—His Birth—His Call—The
Persecution—The Hegira—Mohammed at Medîna—His
Charter to the Christians—Conquest of
Mecca—The Sermon on the Mount—The Fulfilment
of the Mission—The Prophet’s Death, | [35-55] |
| Chapter iii.—The Election of Abû Bakr as Caliph—His
Allocution—His Injunction to the Troops—Revolt
of the Tribes—War with Persia—Defeat of
the Persians—War with Byzantium—Its Causes—Death
of Abû Bakr—Election of Omar—Conquest
of Syria—Capitulation of Jerusalem—Assassination
of Omar—Election of Osmân—Conquest of
Egypt—Death of Osmân—Election of Ali—Rebellion
of Muâwiyah—Death of Ali—The Ommeyades—Butchery
of Kerbela—The Martyrdom of
Hussain—Conquest of Spain—The Abbassides—Destruction
of Bagdad—The Title of the Ottoman
Caliphs—The Ommeyade Caliphate of Spain—The
Fatimide Caliphate of North Africa—The
Crusades—Their Effect on Islâm—The Eruption
of the Tartars—Destruction of Science and Learning
in Islâm—Granada—The Sunni and Shiah
Church—The Sects of Islâm—Ashaarïsm—Mutazalaism, | [56-78] |
| Selected Works on Islâm, | [79] |